GateHouse promotes Raffone to regional role

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Dec 7, 2018 at 3:27 PM

GateHouse Media has promoted the general manager of The Gaston Gazette and The Shelby Star to a regional role.

Keith Raffone will now serve as director of manufacturing and distribution – South Atlantic. This promotion is part of the leadership changes associated with GateHouse’s Accelerating Change initiative for the South Atlantic region.

Raffone will be responsible for managing all aspect of the South Atlantic manufacturing and distribution operations and will coordinate efforts with senior leadership. He will guide regional manufacturing and distribution operations, including manufacturing, home delivery, single copy and transportation. Raffone will also serve as a conduit for distribution team ideas to corporate leadership and manage third party distribution relationships.

Raffone will have direct responsibility for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia operations.

Raffone is a graduate of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. He has held numerous positions at a number of newspapers since 1996. Prior to joining The Gazette and The (Shelby) Star, Raffone was the finance director at the Wilmington Star-News and previously held financial positions at The Times-Herald in Middleton, New York, The New Haven Register, The Connecticut Post in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as well as The News and Observer in Raleigh.

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